Door stop and holder.



PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1909.

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DOOR STOP AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28. 1902.

No MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 29, 1905;.'-

PATENT FFICE.

NOAH N. NER AND JOI-IN F. NEH'ER, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 739,906, dated September 29, 1903.

y Application filed November 28, 1902. Serial No. 133.040.` (No model.)

holders; and the primary object thereof is to provide positively-operating means for retaining a door against movement at determined intervals.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse vertical sectionthrough a part of a door and the improved stop or holder shown applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of a door, showing the improved lstop applied thereto and in engagement with the floor. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal section taken in the plane of the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar section taken in the plane of the line 4 4, Fig. 1. 'Fig'. 5 is a similar section taken in the plane of the line 5 5, Fig-l.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral l designates an elongated plate which serves as a main support and attaching means forthe improved stop or holder and is secured to a door or other swinging object 2.

The plate intermediate its ends is provided with a laterally-projecting lug 3 and below the lug 3 a suitable distance with a projection 4. A bolt-casing 5 is secured to the plate 1 through the medium of ears 6, projected through openings 6a in the said plate 1 andl bent against the rear face of the latter, as clearly shownv by Figs; 3 and 4. The casing 5 has a slot 7 therein at an intermediate point, through which a dog 8 movably projects, the said dog being substantiallyV U-shaped and pivoted to the sides of the casing. A bolt 9 is slidingly mounted in the casing 5 and has a socket at its lower extremity in which is seated a resilient pad or buffer 10. The bolt 9 is hollow, and therein is disposed a spring 11, having one terminal in contact with the bottom of the bolt above the socket and the opposite terminal engaging the lower end of a tube l2, movably mounted within the bolt 9 and embraced by the side flanges 13 and 14 of the latter, said flanges being connected at their upper extremities by a cross-bar 15. The tube 12 is formed with vertically-disposed side openings or slots 16 and 17, through which projects a limiting-pin 18, terminally secured in the side anges of the'bolt, whereby the tube 12 will be held against displacement, but permitted to slide relatively to the bolt.V The front surface of the tube 12 is corrngated or serrated to form teeth for engagement by the adjacent edge of the dog 8, movable thereover, and between the lug 3 and the upper end of the tube 12 a spring 19 is interposed to normally hold the casing 5 and bolt 9 disposed therein out of contact with thel permit the dog 8 to engage a portion of the irregular surface of the said tube to hold the bolt and tube l2 in lowered position and cause the resilient cushion 10 at the lower end of the bolt to engage the floor. will be made, preferably, of rubber or some similar material, so as to readily adhere to the iioor and prevent accidental movement of the door held thereby. The spring 11 will force the bolt against the floor and permit a slight play of the latter in view of the provision of the slots v16 and 17 and the pin 18. When itis desired to release the pad or cushion 10 from engagement with the floor, the operator will depress the dog 8 far enough to throw the engaging edge of the latter` out of This cushion contact with the irregular surface of the tube roo tance between the bottom edge of the door and the floor. This is a material advantage, inasmuch as a floor frequently becomes warped or worn, and to compensate for such inequalities the stop or holder can be readily adjusted. It will be apparent that the improved device is capable of easy manipulation and can be operated by the foot, thus obviating the necessity of bending the body for this purpose.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In a door-stop, the combination with a plate having a horizontally-arranged lug intermediate its ends, of a projection below the lug, a casing carried by the plate and provided with a slot, a bolt vertically sliding in the case, said bolt being hollow and having elongated slots in its side walls, a pin projecting through the side of the casing and through NOAH N. NEHER. JOHN F. NEI-IER.

Witnesses as to Noah N. Nehcr:

J. D. HEYM, H. D. WALF.

Witnesses as to John F. Neher:

A. A. HUMPHREY, J. W. DUKE. 

